Machida fans are like Celine Dion fans

[chiefandres]

Originally Posted by get0utmyway

we didnt see it because he was so "elusive" or wait a minute maybe because it didnt happen!!!!

Ah dude if you say Machida wasn't aggressive and trying to finish the Ortiz and Penn fights you must have never seen them and just be going along with the stereotype that he has been given.

-chief

[get0utmyway]

Originally Posted by chiefandres

Ah dude if you say Machida wasn't aggressive and trying to finish the Ortiz and Penn fights you must have never seen them and just be going along with the stereotype that he has been given.

-chief

o i saw the fights... 99% of the fights were spent ducking and weaving and dodging and running backwards... he got in Titos guard and Gpd a lil but i wouldnt say he was really trying to finish the fight

[Godzilla3232]

Originally Posted by hwm52806

LOL, you're really trying hard to belittle the people that don't enjoy Machida's fights if you're comparing their MMA tastes to "reality shows". Why is that? What motivates you and other Machida fans to push that agenda? Does it make you guys feel better about yourselves? "I like so-and-so, therefore I am more of a purist". Please. You guys seriously need to get over yourselves. I haven't seen this much displaced arrogance outside of Star Wars forums with heated Jedi debates.

Better yet, maybe you can explain to me how Anderson Silva with his precision striking or BJ Penn with his BJJ are more about heart and personality than "technical purity".

Anderson Silva and BJ Penn have excellent technique and are great Martial Artists. You, however, prefer aggression and heart to technique. You don't mind technique, but when presented with a fighter who only uses aggression and another one who only uses technique, you prefer the aggressive guy. You like the aggressive guy because he shows more heart; heart isn't a Martial Art, it's a personality trait. People who prefer personality to technique are more attuned to reality shows then Martial Arts.

I'm not being arrogant, I'm telling you what Martial Arts is. Martial Arts is technique above all else. If technique is secondary to you then so is Martial Arts. That's just how it is, you're not that much of a Martial Arts fan, and you don't seem to actually know what Martial Arts is. You're a fan of personality and fights first and of Martial arts second.

[Uppercut]

Originally Posted by Godzilla3232

Martial Arts are techniques. Heart, aggression, and compulsion to scrap are personality traits. You like the personality traits more than the Martial Arts. I can definitively say you don't appreciate Martial arts as much as the others. Doesn't make you a worse MMA fan, it just makes you a different one.

Originally Posted by Godzilla3232

Saying something like this, without explaining how I'm wrong, is pretty much admitting that I'm right.

I like personality traits more than the martial arts?
You can 'definitely say' I dot 'appreciate martial arts' as uchas the others?

I dont need to explain why you are wrong. Just listen to yourself thn re-read the thread.

You are a text book machida fan.

[Zor**]

I'm deeply concerned that this thread is still on the main page.

[hwm52806]

Originally Posted by Godzilla3232

Anderson Silva and BJ Penn have excellent technique and are great Martial Artists. You, however, prefer aggression and heart to technique. You don't mind technique, but when presented with a fighter who only uses aggression and another one who only uses technique, you prefer the aggressive guy. You like the aggressive guy because he shows more heart; heart isn't a Martial Art, it's a personality trait. People who prefer personality to technique are more attuned to reality shows then Martial Arts.

I'm not being arrogant, I'm telling you what Martial Arts is. Martial Arts is technique above all else. If technique is secondary to you then so is Martial Arts. That's just how it is, you're not that much of a Martial Arts fan, and you don't seem to actually know what Martial Arts is. You're a fan of personality and fights first and of Martial arts second.

Wow, I just got a Psychic Reading off of the internet. You sure know a lot about me based off my lack of enjoyment for one guys fights. Tell me that's not arrogance, because the stench of it sure is overwhelming. Or maybe that stench is coming from the line of b.s. flowing from your posts.

[Godzilla3232]

Originally Posted by Uppercut

I like personality traits more than the martial arts?
You can 'definitely say' I dot 'appreciate martial arts' as uchas the others?

I dont need to explain why you are wrong. Just listen to yourself thn re-read the thread.

You are a text book machida fan.

You've admitted you don't appreciate Martial Arts as much as you do aggression and heart. People who really respect and enjoy Machida's style tend to like Martial Arts (technique) more than aggression and heart. They're bigger fans of Martial Arts than you. That's undeniable, that's fact. I just spelled it out for you as easily as possible.

Quit trying to ignore it and cop out with that "Waaaah! arrogant machida fan!" argument and address it. If I'm wrong explain why.

[Godzilla3232]

Originally Posted by hwm52806

Wow, I just got a Psychic Reading off of the internet. You sure know a lot about me based off my lack of enjoyment for one guys fights. Tell me that's not arrogance, because the stench of it sure is overwhelming. Or maybe that stench is coming from the line of b.s. flowing from your posts.

What did I say about you that was incorrect in that post? Do you not prefer aggressive fighters to technical ones? Do you not prefer the Tito's of MMA to the Machida's?

[hwm52806]

Originally Posted by Uppercut

I like personality traits more than the martial arts?
You can 'definitely say' I dot 'appreciate martial arts' as uchas the others?

I dont need to explain why you are wrong. Just listen to yourself thn re-read the thread.

You are a text book machida fan.

I don't think he's a Machida fan; I'd say quite the opposite. He's so over-the-top with that attitude that I think he's actually mocking Machida fans.

[hwm52806]

Originally Posted by Godzilla3232

What did I say about you that was incorrect in that post? Do you not prefer aggressive fighters to technical ones?

Oh absolutely. I prefer Tank Abbott to BJ Penn. That's what YOUR point is. My point is that (apparently unbeknownst to you, MMA genius), Machida is NOT the ONLY technical fighter.